Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-15

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AGA1Nsr MACHINE WoaK.
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Tns Knights o. Labor, IN esassal sssemou %
AinneapoaiA. have passed the following FessaUtsoa
Affecting ne Bureau q KAgrsvtng I'D Printing
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This resolution b the oussrowsh of the oppca-
ton Of the piats-pnntefs 70 the uss q machines
which can DO about four tines % much work -
can De done IN the same time ~ hAnd-prssA thus
reducing the number Of workiaen 70 be employed
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that dope ~ hand, and Is eaAer 10 counterfsit that
tine plates have 70 be made coarssf Tor uss on the
reviewed vide praise for their superior design and
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WHAT cHrHr eRAvn sAya
a STAR reporter called ON Mr.. Graves. the super.
intendent OF the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing. ut his once this morning. Three of four
piles OF printed backs OF silver certifcates lay 90
the statements OF the Knights Of Labor Is 70 the
inferior quality OF the machine work He asked
ON tSs 6. u Sus 81 h sns c
those done oy machine. very careful
on one set Of sheets certain places where the lines
were maSsed together the ink was blurred 30 that
the iine lines were not as easily distinguished q
and cleaner notes. But il vas found that those
the ones done by machine. Mr. Graves said that
this would be found TO be the case In ali the work
That done BY machine was clearer In outline, and,
pressea Tue WORK II
DONE From THE sAMR rLAr.S
he says, % it 10 not true that the lines have to be
heavier for the machine work. He considers the
work done By the machines superior 10 the similar
class OF work done on the hand-prsssea When be
was his ossire 70 Improve t ss far e pos
sible and TO secure WORK Of Q superior char
sste could maze sye sss he thought
found Dy experiment IL could be done, he endeav-
ored TO do 20. HIS highest aim was TO perfect the
Be. lie found s,1 machines used on an Inferior
There were az Of tSs.s presses, ana they worked
satisfactorily.
mrRovRp MACHINES
were recommended for superior work, such - the
backs OF the notes. These he madea thorough test
Of and after satisfying himself by his own ooserva-
ton and the opinions OF his experts that the work
done oy the machines WAS fully as good
less he recommended to the secretary
%acnass of sns S Or xna Design
this work. The homer Lee machines were pre-
ferred, but the holders or the patent nnally re-
were purchased. There are now eighteen OF tnese
at work. They print about 1000 sheets per day,
while only about 800 can be printed ordinarily on
the hana-presseS The men, Mr.. Graves says
ARE MAKING BErrER WAGES
under this arrangement than before, and the Gov
printers, he says who DO better work than could
be done BY these machines but none OF them could
be put on that class OF work. The printing OF
backs does not require nrst-clsss Skill, and
Very few any, Of the men on the BACKS could
print the face OF q note. They employ 49,,
designed TO be the pick Of all The plate primers IN
sixty can do The face WORK, and they have 70 De
az Sey % al ass @ecn
their superior Skill The others are put on the
other work. The comparison shows, he says that
the Sp ss sSs
with the bare hand. this Is done In the machine
work as well as 10 the other.
WHAT THE CHIEF KN0RAvRR SAFE
Mr. O'Nei. the chief engraver. whose desire n,
Of course TO secure good impressions OF his en-
craving as possible, says that the machines do
superior work. Another point he calls attention
10 is that without the machines there would not
room In the building for the people TO do all the
work required OF the Bureau
CHIEF OF THE SECRET SERVICE BROOKS DENIES
that he ever said TO anyone that the WORK By
machines In the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
rendered counterfeittng easy. He maintains thar
the greatest safeguard against frauds by counter
felting that the Government has Is In the excellent
gone a. tine Ta,s he says That ne De
work, and that n this Is 50 the Government ought
not, merely for the sake OF economy OF expeHdi-
ture, TO use machines He considers the work
done at the bureau as excellent, and repeats thai
In IL Lies the security against counterielung.
APPOINTED UNDER THE CIvn~SERvIcR RULES
Benz p. Mann, OF Massachusetts,, has been ap-
pointed fourth assistant examiner In the Patent
once at 81, zoo per year, under ctvtlservce rules
A Coed Word for she Quset Girl.
SIZE DOESN'T WEAR THE BIGGEST BUsTLE mon TEE
fALLssT HAT, But sHH nARRIEs EAKLr.
From Hsrper's Bazaar.
Inc Qul0t glIl Hcvcr WV1IB COtOIU Ou INC
street. You do not see her haunting In brilliant
plaids when they happen to be the style. when
high hats are 'n" she does not pile hers % high
that 1t sweeps the cobwebs from the sky. She
does not wear an exaggerated bang when the bang
is In vogue nor the biggest hustle In town, nor the
humber is Of bangles when bangles reign. Bur BE-
cause she does not CHATTER and giggle and make
herself conspicuous In h0rSe-cafs or 1t matineee;
does not announce her convictions on all occasions
and all subjects, and profess her admiration at
every hands turn, it must not be supposed that
she has no ideas or convictions or enthusiasts;
that she moves along like star In the heavens,
which o0eys the laws OF grxvitation without
selecting It's course objectfng 70 its orbit she
heard to change her conditions or because she d
maturing that power In the meantime it Is the
quiet girl VINO marr1es earliest, who makes the
best match, vine ILLS the niche which her more
brilliant sisters leave vacant, who manages the
servantA runs the sewing machine, remembers
the birthdays listens TO the "reminiscences OF the
old, and often keeps the wolf from the door.
An English Girl On an American Girl
Madge In London Truth.
imagine that American girls think more OF
their dress than cur own do but they make the
fatal mistake Of "dressing-up." I mean that they
are dowdies 1t one time and elaborstelg got-up at
others. They DO not show % well at breakfast,
for instance, ~ an English girl deea There 10 q
certain want OF finish about their colnure-and,
indeed, the general outline OF their ngufes A
really pretty English gill never looks more charm
ing than when sue appears In the morning, fresh
from the toilet Her American cousin n limp at
breakfast ana imparts no idea Of freshnesss 70 the
beh0lder. But then when she II atttred for the
promenade she "a smarter and better thOught CUT
than any OF IN a. rule.